Monday, November 16, 2015

Learn to Laugh! - October 26th

Hey guys!

This week was a good week of work in the office and the field! It was great! First, a new Elder came to the office, his name is Elder O. Because of that, our tri was divided into two companionships. I ended up with Elder C, an awesome missionary from the south of Brazil, C! I´m told that it´s one of the prettiest cities in Brazil. He´s basically the brazilian Uncle Eddy, a lot of times he says things and I the first thing that comes into my head is "That´s Uncle Eddy speaking portuguese!" It´s kind of funny!

In the field we´re working hard to bring souls unto Christ! Yesterday we had a kind of cool experience as we were knocking doors. We passed a door with lots of music and other sounds of partying, so we decided to not knock it. Then we thought, "Well, at the very least we can just do a contact and mark for a better day with them" so we knocked the door. A man in his early 20s answered the door, and let us enter instead! We shared a message with him and his friend, and they both showed interest in the message and accepted an invitation to baptism! After that they even let us eat a bit of their barbecue before we left, it was great! Now it´s just a matter of seeing if they´ll act. That´s always the decider!

The work in the office is going well too. It´s a steep learning curve and very stressful at times, but

I´ve learned a secret to get through stressful times. Learn to laugh!

This was one of Elder Wirthlin´s pieces of advice in his last conference talk "Come What May, and Love It." As I´ve started to laugh at my own errors instead of stressing out, I´ve found that I can maintain a positive mindset easier and my resolve and initiative remain unimpinged! Sometimes it´s not natural, but I start by forcing a laugh and then pretty soon it becomes so natural that I can´t stop laughing about that stupid mistake I made! So, follow Elder Wirthlin´s counsel and learn to laugh!